Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-03-19

until he reached the corner of Washing
ton and North Division streets and thus
gained the street.
Clinton BiddwelI of Pitts5urg is "
ing on an improyised cot al Dr. Hayes
office on Niagara street. "Louk at M
hands," he skrieked; 81 tied sheets to-
gether and came down by them. When I
was most down 8 man shot past me who
bad jumped. He came near striking me.
My God, the people lay on the
roof au about me. They were
grooming and dying. 1t was awful. They
died, they know they died. The skin IS
all off OF me. have not & friend near
me and none who know me but in Pitts
curg. made up my mind I would stick
to the rope and I cid"
He turned on his cot and yelled
with pain. DR.. Hayes had given
him morphine, but it had no effect.
William j. Mamma, one Of the proprie-
tors Of the house, and his wife had a
thrilling experience il getting out. Mrs.
| Mama was terribly burned about the
head, arms and legs. Their little
daughter Jennie was also badly burned
The girls who r0omed on the fifth floor
made rope out Of the bedclothes and
hung It out of the window, but none
seemed 70 have the courage 20 start. Al
last enc swung down to the window
ledge, from which she was rescued
Three Others came down in the same
manner end then fifth girl
started. She had gone but g little
distance when the rope parted and
down she went four stories. Strange 10
say, she was not killed. Her legs were
! terribly cut and bruised and her back was
BADLY injured. Her face and arms were
in frighful condition, from the burns
! She lay moaning upon 8 lounge at the
| Spencer house, begging to be sent home.
Ia front of Ding1r Bros store lay
/ dead man, covered by mattress. He had
| black hair and full face covered with
blood, and could not be recognized. It
was thought he was Superintendent Nor
ford, Of the Michigan Central Railroad,
| but MOrford Was afterwards found
| Mark Osborne, day clerk end assistant
manager OF the hotel, is missing. 1t is
believed he persisted.
| II. NJ. Johnson of Pjttsburg saws: AZ
arrived in Buffalo yesterday, and was as
/ signed to room No. 1876. About 80
O'Clock the bell boy pounded upon my
| door. IaWOke and found my room full
! of smoke. l dressed quickly, rushed into
the hallway, and, Oh my God, what
sight. Men, women and children acted
perfectly wild, and did not seem to
know which way TO go. The women
walled like maniacs and rushed pell nell
| for the stairway and in every direction.
| The smoke was almost suff1cating. |
cannot remember anything about how l
| got out. think [ came down the stair
way"
The following are the Injured at the
Emergency Hospitals:
EDWARD WHEELER OF Newburg, burn
| ed about the hands and feet.
WILLIAM J. MAKAY, Niagara Falls, feet,
| back end arms burned.
| PERRY DAVIS, New York, hands and
feet injured.
At the Sisters Hospital, all being
seriously injured, are:
MARY NOLAN, burned about the body
! MAGGIE MAVERICK, burned about the
! body, face and hands.
A man named NICHOLS, very seriously
injured.
FANNIE HARVEY, burned.
At the Fitch Hospital are:
FREDERICK K. MOORE, Cleveland,
severely injured about the face, hands
and feet.
WILLIAM AZ HAYES, Helena, NJ. t,
| burned about the hands, feet and face
and suffering from the shock. He is
chief engineer of the Northern Pacific
| Railroad.
EDWIN A. FINCH, Scranton, Pa, serious
burns about the face, hands and feet, in q
dangerous condition
HENRY B. RUMsEY, New York, burns
| all over the body.
c D. DUBOIS, Syracuse, severely
burned all over the body. He is general
agent of the Commercial Insurance Com
panY.
JACOB KoHN, New York, badly injured
by jumping from the fourth floor, broke
! MS back and one leg, s0d also burned
| about the head, arms and body.
| MAY WITT, this city, burned about the
! face aud arms.
! At the General Hospital are:
! MATTHEW SHANNON, slightly injured.
CLINTON BIDWELL, burned in the face
| NELLIE WELCR, face aud hands burned
Mrs, KATE PIERCE, slightly burned.
James Mcclure, night engineer at the
| pOstOfice, got into the hotel soon after
the fire broke out. He saved a
man who was coming down stairs
in his night clothes, and who was pros
| trated by the Il mes and smoke. After
getting him out he returned and
tried TO rescue g young girl from q
room on the third floor, but she was
lost in the fire. Mcclure said; at was
terrible to hear her cries. For some rec
son she could not open the door and |
was unable to break it in. Finally l was
driven away by the fire and smoke and
had to leave her to her fate. I could only
tell her from her voice, but I supposed
she was young girl anywhere from ten
to fifteen years Old"
R. H. Humes occupied 2 room on the
third floor. He was awakened by the
electric bells, ard after arousing several
people on the same floor he Jumped
through window to the kitchen roof
There everything was in flames. After
bidding goodbye to several others on the
same roof he made a rush for
the Eagle street door, going
through the kitchen skylight and out
through the flames and escaped. He lett
five persons on the kitchen roof and
thinks they must all have persisted, as
they did not attempt to follow him
through the flames.
Mr.. Stafford, proprietor of the hotel
tells the following story: "Our
rom was on tho COutb apd